All day, Tuesday 8 September 2015 - Wednesday 9 September 2015

Place: Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University, Cardiff.

Presenters

Dr Bella Dicks, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
Dr Rachel Hurdley, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
Dr Brett Lashua, Carnegie Faculty, Leeds Metropolitan University
Dr Bambo Soyinka, Department of Creative Writing & Publishing, Bath Spa University

Course description

Cardiff School of Social Sciences has been a centre of expertise in digital and qualitative methodology for many years, as evidenced in its earlier hosting of QUALITI, part of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods. This two-day workshop will support researchers wishing to produce diverse kinds of data in their fieldwork: field notes, sound recordings (of interviews, conversations or naturally occurring events), photographs (created by participants and/or researchers themselves), video images, drawings, digital text, etc. We will explore techniques for the collection and analysis of multiple modes of qualitative research data, and ask: How can we make informed choice between various modes and media? How can various modes be meaningfully combined in research practice?

Primarily based on the combined use of textual, visual and audio field data, the workshop will give participants the opportunity to experiment with collecting and analysing different kinds of qualitative data and to consider how they might be combined, both practically and theoretically.

Cost

• Wales DTC postgraduate social science research students, i.e. students registered at Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff or Swansea Universities – free of charge.
• Postgraduate social science research students registered at a UK HEI: free of charge
• Non social-science postgraduate research students: £60.00
• Staff at HEIs, ESRC funded researchers, UK registered charities: £120.00
• Others: £300

Participants are expected to attend both days.  The workshop involves group work which would be compromised by single-day attendance.  Lunch and refreshments are provided.

The Wales DTC is able to fund a limited number of bursaries (up to £150 per bursary per day) to support the attendance of postgraduate social science research students from outside of the Wales DTC institutions (Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff and Swansea Universities).  Students must be currently registered at a UK HEI.  The bursary is designed to help meet travel costs (standard/economy travel) and hotel accommodation.  Bursaries will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.  Non-Wales DTC students should contact walesdtc@cardiff.ac.uk regarding the availability of a bursary and for information on how to claim back travel expenses, after completing the booking form below.

Cancellations received later than 14 days prior to the workshop will incur a charge.

Students at Cardiff University should use the UGC booking system, all others should use the booking form below.

Deadline for bookings

31 August 2015

Bookings